The CAM School District’s Board of Education, Monday evening, held discussion but took no action, on several matters before them. Superintendent Dr. Casey Berlau said Tim Teig, with Snyder and Associates Engineers presented mostly complete drawings on the new addition planned for the Massena Elementary Building. He said the project is “Coming along pretty well.”

The Board also heard a presentation from the Spanish Instructor Maribel Manjavacas, who is part of the State of Iowa’s Visiting Teacher’s Program.

And, they discussed Early Retirement.

(He said they discussed offering the same incentive as in the past few years, which is $1,000 if a prospective retiree lets the District know of their plans prior to February. Berlau said some schools use that in lieu of “Reduction in force” notices or reductions in staff, but he said CAM is not a situation where they’re looking to make any reductions.)

The Board will take action on an Early Retirement package or incentive program, during their meeting next month. So far, he says he knows of no one who has expressed an interest in Early Retirement. And, the CAM School Board discussed having a year around Greenhouse to supplement the existing, seasonal Greenhouse on the Massena School grounds. They’re still in the exploratory phase of that discussion.